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New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

2030 would be an election year as were 2035 I don't think they'd want to push it back on an election year.

Anyway by the time 2035 rolls around a lot of cars will probably be electric already and it'll be less of an issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Depends on whether or not there is a snap election this year…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm fairly sure that even if there's a snap election this year the election after that will be in 2030. Doing it early will just hand the new government a few extra months of power, it doesn't calculate forward from the last election it's just every 5 years regardless of what else is going on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

A parliament has a maximum term of 5 years. Any change to the date of the next election will have a direct impact on the latest date of the next election.

https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure I agree. Drivers are a significant voting bloc in any election. It'll always pay off to placate them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

But this is a future election that won't occur for over a decade, and remember this will potentially have occurred after 10 years of left wing politics. Combine that with the fact that people are quite sensitive about environmental issues already, and that's going to only increase over the next 11 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

2030 is only six years away. Watch drivers lose all sensitivity about the environment when they are required to buy a more expensive car that doesn't go as far as their old one and is way less convenient on long distances. I believe you're a bit optimistic about people's willingness to change. Everyone is all for saving the environment until they have to personally chip in.

Plus, you know, lobbies. Executives might lose money. Money!! Absolutely can't have that.